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Windy baby!

Hi all - hoping you might be able to share some wisdom on how you've handled your bubs if they have been windy. Mine is 16 weeks and for the first few weeks was really troubled by wind, waking in the night all the time farting(!) and drawing her legs up. It seemed to fix itself at about 8 weeks but in the last two weeks has returned with a vengeance and I can't work out why?! She is back to waking 4-5 times a night and usually it's wind not hunger, but then I need to feed her to get her back to sleep. Im really exhausted. I have been using Infacol since 4 weeks old, and burp her after every feed. I thought it may be diet related as this started when I got to Perth (back visiting family for a 'relaxing' holiday!) and so have cut out nuts which I was eating here but not when I was in Sydney as someone suggested this could help. I'm reluctant to cut out dairy, tomatoes and other foods some people say exacerbate wind since I was eating these in Sydney with no dramas. I just bought gripe water to try today but any tips are most welcome! Thanks

Hi Paechus, are you bottle feeding or breastfeeding? If you are bottle feeding try burping during the feed, every 30mls or so.. Otherwise if breastfeeding, every 3 mins take bub off and burb. This is what we did and it really helped with LO's wind.. When you burp don't stop until you get a good burp.. If it isn't coming out after two mins in the same position just chance positions and keep going until it comes out.. At this age now they tend to just burp themselves but if bub has lots of wind you may need to help. The other thing I'd suggest if bottle feeding is getting a different bottle - there are some that are specifically designed to reduce wind. Dr. Brown's bottles are good.. With breastfeeding, try changing your feeding position.. If you lie back slightly with bub on your chest this will mean that bub will need to draw the milk up as it's going against gravity and will take in less milk as it wont flow as quickly..
Hope this help - let me know how you go.

Hi RFinlay - sorry forgot to mention that I'm EBF, mainly because she won't take a bottle. I'm persisting as I'd love some time to myself every now and again or a date night with hubby! As for pulling her off, my only hesitation is she's already a really fussy feeder, a lot of the time (especially in the day) I have to force her to drink (often unsuccessfully) as she will happily sleep all morning and not feed for up to five hours. It's a bit of a problem as although her weight is ok currently she's not gaining as much as she should be. I think I need to be stricter about not putting her down till I get a good burp as at night I am a bit lazy and sometimes give up if I can't get one, and trying not to wake her so usually just put her upright against me or over my shoulder. Will make sure tonight I keep going till I get one and see if it makes a difference. Thanks for all your suggestions!

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